<p>hey everyone
i was hoping you could provide me some information on which relatively simple self-study AP exams to take senior year. I'll be taking the courses and exams for AP Psych, AP Literature, and AP Calc BC for sure. I'm kind of thinking about environmental sciences/computer science too maybe? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think this is not a “one answer for everyone” question. Kids with a bent toward history with good writing skills will find World History, US History, Euro History to be relativley easy, but may struggle with Stats, Econ, etc. A very “mathy” person may have the opposite experience…</p>
<p>Really, I think you need to read the course descriptions (available on CollegeBoard) and judge for yourself.</p>
<p>I would note that many colleges consider the AP Envir course to be too fluffy for credit.</p>
<p>AP Bio is little more than rote memorization and it looks a little better than AP Enviro Sci if you’re looking at life sciences and such.</p>
<p>If you like the humanities, I’d recommend Human Geography, U.S. Government and Politics, Comparative Government, European History, World History, or either Economics test. Most of these are easy to learn/review, with the exception of maybe econ. The only thing to watch out for with Euro and World History are the essays, since they have some very specific criteria for grading.</p>
<p>If you’d prefer to self-study a science topic, I hear Environmental Science isn’t too difficult.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>But not many people get 5 in APES. Here’s the 2007 stats (from Wiki):</p>
<p>Score Percent
5 10.8%
4 23.1%
3 17.9%
2 17.5%
1 30.7%</p>
<p>^It’s still better than most though.</p>
<p>Human Geo, Psych, US Govt, Enviro, are usually the APs that people choose to self-study.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that AP Psychology is easy to self-study. Maybe you could drop the class and self-study it, and then take an AP course that is not as easy to self-study instead?</p>
<p>Also, just a suggestion, but perhaps the reason for the low percentage of people who get 5’s on APES is that more people view the class as easy or a blow-off, so more people take it who really shouldn’t, and thus get low scores and drag the percentage down. Just a suggestion.</p>
<p>While it’s true that not too many people get 5’s in APES, a good percentage at least pass the exam. So, although a self-studier may not get a 5, there’s still a good chance that, if they study sufficiently, they’ll receive college credit for their efforts.</p>
<p>^A good percentage? The mean was like 2.66 or something, but it was relatively low compared to others.</p>
<p>AP Comp Gov is a good one. Easy curve, Ethel Woods book is all you need, and you should have some gov background from civics courses…</p>
<p>How easy is AP Psych? I don’t want to have to memorize a whole book’s worth, just because I’m self-studying 2 other AP’s and have a bunch of other AP’s, I don’t want to drown in AP’s. lol.</p>
<p>AP Macro is a good one; it’s all about memorizing the graphs and some basic fiscal/monetary policy.</p>
<p>Thispakistanigir is a complete idiot so please ignore him. He obviously knows nothing. Anyways, as a former Harvard graduate, I recommend any course you love. However, please note you are trying to hit a WHOLE college credit into one book. Any class will take work, as none are easy. The work you put in you get out. For example, a week may be necessary with a Barrons book for Enviro Sci…however getting a 5 on this self studying isnt close to as impressive as self studying Bio, etc. All of them you must work for, none are super easy. Thispakistanigir is showing off even though hes taking none and trying to be lazy and get all 5’s.</p>